September 27, 2017

Prediction: Canes Will Beat Duke Convincingly

Duke? So Now we are talking about Duke?

We start talking about an ACC Title and now we are talking Duke? Duke will get squashed like a love bug on a windshield in Gainesville by the Miami Hurricanes. They will go splat and be humiliated, no glory found here.

Book it, bet it, frame it, post it, tweet it and put your videos on all of the social media platforms. The game is over before it begins.

And do NOT acted shocked by these comments. This is easy, this is child's play. We will take this game, the Coastal Division and this conference by storm.

Why am I so confident? Because there are 10 things Canes fans do not know about this team. Ten important keys not yet revealed.

There are ten secrets to their success that they have been hiding, disguising and obfuscating until now. Only three will be revealed against Duke. The rest are saved for other ACC opponents. And they are going to be effective.

Comments

Great and dominant performance by the Canes last night. This Canes team should beat FSU next week. Time to end that seven game losing streak to FSU, and to start and establish a Canes’ win streak in the other direction. The Canes are a much better team this season, and fortunately, they seem to be steadily improving each game. I get the feeling that the Canes have several areas they can improve on, and they seem committed to doing so. The Canes have the talent to run the table for the rest of the regular season, and if they do, the ACC championship is a real possibility. If they continue to improve, this could be a season to remember in Canes football history.

Agreed. Delaney played better. According to NFL Focus, coming into last night's game, Malek Young led the ACC in pass efficiency against. Young covered Junior wide receiver TJ Rahming, Dukes All-World WR, one-on-one most of the night. Ramming had nine passes thrown his way but he only caught two to gain 27 yards. Young may not have turned his head around on a few passes, but he can cover.

I was also pleased to see Jhovante Dean play more. Dean can really cover. They tested him, and couldn't complete a pass because he was right there. Michael Jackson has a nice tipped pass that led to Pickney's interception. And speaking of Pinckney, he proved to me once again that he can be truly spectacular and athletic when he is on his game.

I am pleased because IMO, I can see steady improvement in the Canes talented defense, with more room to get better. Diaz got them to tackle better. This defensive line is full of future NFL players. Coach Kul is doing a great job.

WWIN... If your boy Owens can play like he did last night I will take back every bad thing I've ever said about him. He was a pleasant surprise last night. Bandy, Young and Redwine looked good after settling in.

Good morning brother Canes!
SOUP you were spot on with the prediction.
What I saw. ..
Rosier - steady,calm,can run(what an advantage)..still developing but helping this team.
Def - better than last 2 weeks. ..solid at times, DBs were quicker to cover and point of attack. DL had some good pressure on passing downs...run Def pretty good.
WR - AR is a difference maker and problem for opposing defs. BB is working on being a 5th round pick to the stinking Patriots...hope not. .
Oh yeah Duke's front 7 is pretty damn good.

This is Miami's THIRD game. While other teams have played FOUR or FIVE games now!!!! So I wouldn't be too concerned about the offense. Heck, once Rosier and the offense gets their GROOVE. Then Miami's offense will be a lot better and CONSISTENT too. dUh.

By the way, anybody with a pulse knows Richt knows quarterback play and whatnot. For instance, that stud QB from Washington state he delivered to Georgia, is currently ' No. 10 in the nation ' pass efficiency. The kid is a RS-freshmen, and MANY Cane fandom thought he would follow Richt to Miami. hUh

Richards is the best WR in college football. No defense should cover Richards one-on-one. Richards is a legitimate threat to score any time he touches the football. A healthy Richards will make this offense very explosive going forward, and open up more opportunities for other receivers and RBs.

I agree that CMR is holding back a little. I also see that Rosier, who had a great game, has room to improve.

Walton's stats weren't good, but I thought he played great with the opportunities he had. The offensive line, especially Donaldson, was inconsistent, but they did a good job on Travis Homer #24's TD run(perfect play called against the blitz and McDermot's great second level block downfield created the running lane for the TD), and a few other plays.

The only difeerence is the margin for error based on the quality of opponent.

Posted by: TruCane81 | September 30, 2017 at 01:36 PM

Very valid point. Lot's of work still to do. Hopefully the offense will exploit things more definitively and the defensive backfield continues to improve as we get better conditioned and get more reps.

Also, Malik has been great and made some lights out plays but we need him to take care of the ball a little better once we have the lead and control of the game.

It is turning out to be such a great decision to cancel Arkansas St. game. It would have been a waste of time. Arkansas St. is now 1-2, after losing to SMU 44-21 last week. The ASU AD and HC look like fools now.

CMR is really running a great Canes program right now. The Canes are in a great position to actually contend for an ACC championship

Which makes it even more inexplicable most of the game was spent not doing it. Ya know how we used to watch the same play destroy us.. over and over...3, 4, 5 times each drive? Exploit it till they stop u. Not once or twice in the first and last 5 minutes of the game.